It seems WW2 was a war people were proud to serve in. As Dave said, after that the wars became a bit more obscure, and the civilians much more vocal against those fighting for their freedom. My two survivng Uncles both served in WW11, one in the Pacific, one as an Air Force officer. They don't like to talk about the war at all. Every year our Veterans Day Parade has huge crouds there to watch the Veterans parade through. But every year there are fewer WW2 Vets in the Parade. It's sad. I think maybe the world had a clearer direction back then, with clearer views of who was "good" vs. who was "evil". Today we seemed to have lost alot of the pride in American, and forgot what people did to preserve that for us, and the rest of the world.